Vaill Island
Vaill Island is a nature reserve in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Andrews Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 22 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
How to reach it
- 22.1 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Andrews Beach: 0.3 mi
- Wreck Cove Conservation Area: 0.5 mi
- The Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- College Island: 1.0 mi
- Peaks Island Land Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Hunger Hill: 0.6 mi
- Rohrs Hill: 1.7 mi
- Farm Hill: 3.3 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 5.2 mi
- Graves Hill: 5.6 mi
- Fowler's Beach: 0.8 mi
- Trott-Littlejohn Park: 2.0 mi
- Ballfield: 2.1 mi
- Little Chebeague Island: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Point: 2.7 mi
- Battery Abbot: 1.9 mi
- Jewell Island Military Reservation: 2.8 mi
- Fort Levett: 3.3 mi
- Battery Bowdoin: 3.4 mi
- Fort Scammell: 3.4 mi
- Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Casco Bay Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 5.1 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Andrews Beach: 0.3 mi
- East End Beach: 2.0 mi
- Centennial Beach: 2.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 2.8 mi
- West Shore Sandy Beach: 3.0 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 4.7 mi
- Portland Observatory: 4.7 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 5.1 mi
- Elks Club: 8.4 mi
- Thunderhole: 8.6 mi
- Fort McKinley Museum: 2.0 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 2.5 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 2.6 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 4.3 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 4.7 mi
- The Armillary: 4.9 mi
- Triangles At Work: 5.5 mi
- Seven: 5.6 mi
- Cloud Couch: 5.7 mi
- Duck House: 5.9 mi
- White Head Cliff: 2.8 mi
- The Cliffs: 2.9 mi
- Cod Ledges: 3.4 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 3.7 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 8.3 mi
- Bug Light: 4.3 mi
- Doubling Point Front Range Light: 22.9 mi
- Doubling Point Rear Range Light: 23.0 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 6.6 mi
- First Falls: 8.5 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Vaill Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NW 315° | 178 m | 14.2 mi |
| Dutton Hill | NW 322° | 175 m | 15.1 mi |
| Hunt Hill | NW 324° | 153 m | 14.9 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 304° | 151 m | 10.0 mi |
| Leighton Hill | WNW 299° | 145 m | 10.1 mi |
| Libby Hill | NW 309° | 144 m | 13.5 mi |
| Bruce Hill | NNW 331° | 136 m | 11.7 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NW 313° | 133 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:20 | 16:07 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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